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The decorative motifs on this lebes gamikos are similar to those painted on the so-called Hadra hydriai, examples of which are on display in this case. Like the hydriai, lebetes gamikoi have also been discovered in Alexandrian cemetaries, in particular the necropolis at Sciatbi, which has yielded several vases of this shape, presently in the collection of the Alexandria Museum.
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Title: Terracotta lebes gamikos (jar) and lid
Period: Hellenistic
Date: late 3rd century BCE
Culture: Greek, Ptolemaic, Cretan
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: h. with lid 10 1/8 in (25.7 cm); d. 8 in. (20.3.cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Purchase, 1890
Object Number: 90.9.65a, b
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